volcanically
adverb
volcanically is an adverb meaning “By means of a volcano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-C-A-N-I-C-A-L-L-Y and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does volcanically mean?
adverb
- 1
By means of a volcano.
- 2
In a volcanic (explosive) manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volcanically?
Volcanically has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of volcanically
- more volcanically comparative
- most volcanically superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volcanically?
Volcanically appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Volcanically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense by means of a volcano:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | volcaniquement |
| Spanish | volcánicamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does volcanically come from?
From volcanic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).